I think questions with some grain of truth to them that can be turned from the inaccurate to the accurate are dealt with profitably here.
Questions that are "urban legends" such as the plasma TV leaking are treated most often as this thread has been.
Note your own post where you credited the tidbit of wisdom to a salesman and you can pretty much write it off there.
Just hang loose. You'll get a lot more good here than you can believe. We've gotta have some fun sometimes. Integrating all this electronics can make you nutty if you can't have some fun along the way.
There is no truth anymore. Only assertions. The internet world has no interest in truth, only vindication for preconceived assumptions.